AddressJob Summary:
Salary range: £41,967 - £50,088per annum
Work location: London
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 24th March 2024
Interview date: 1st April 2024
About Us:
Providing an inclusive education for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
In Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people at the heart of decision-making, working in partnership with them to provide quality services that are responsive, effective and efficient. We have high aspirations for all our children and young people, including those who arrive in the borough as unaccompanied asylum seekers. Working with the neighbouring council of Westminster, we have created a new bi-borough team to provide support for these children and young people in accessing education, training and employment. We want to help each child build a resilient future and contribute to the community.
The Role:
No two children are the same and so your approach will need to be flexible and creative. We’ll look to you to meet and exceed statutory requirements by identifying and arranging the particular package of support each child needs in order to thrive. This might be anything from support with trauma to the services of an interpreter. Many children will have difficulties around language as English may not be their first language.
You can expect to manage a varied and diverse caseload across the statutory school age range and post-16, and you will track progress and attendance to ensure their educational needs are being met. Providing advice and support to social workers, carers and schools will be a key part of the role as you work together to deliver access to educational and employment opportunities tailored to each individual. You will also address the barriers that may impact on some of our young people upon leaving care.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information
About You:
You will have significant experience of working with vulnerable children and young people, including a good understanding of the barriers and complexities that UASC face. Some experience of working with Looked After Children (LAC) is important, along with strong knowledge of statutory guidance from the Department of Education around ‘Promoting the education of looked after children’. Experience of teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) would be particularly helpful. Building productive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders will also be key to your success.
Good administrative and report-writing skills, including the ability to extract, analyse and interpret data, are vital. You’ll be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel and ideally have experience of the Mosaic system. Above all you’ll have excellent communication skills and the patience and tenacity to professionally challenge the status quo and achieve good outcomes for these vulnerable children.
In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.
This is a hybrid role with some opportunities for home working alongside expectations to attend school settings and the office.
Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.
Application process
Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.
You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
Additional information
We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.
This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.
Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.
If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk
